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Nick Maes: Homer Lecture 1
October 21, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Virtual Event
$12.00 – $30.00
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are the foundation of Greek culture, essential to understanding both Greek and Western thought. His poems define Greek concepts of justice, politics, fate, civic duty, and personal freedom, laying the roots of Western culture in the 7th century BCE.
Lecture 1
Some background info – who was Homer, the Epic Cycle, Homer’s importance to the Greeks.
Highlights from the Iliad. By examining famous passages from this poem, we will see how Homer shaped the following western/Greek precepts.
In the series:
Oct. 21: Homer Lecture 1
Oct. 28: Homer Lecture 2
Nov. 6: American Power
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